Pokemon Bridged was probably one of the quickest abridged series I'd ever picked up on, and I really enjoyed it for its fluent voice acting and hysterical nonsensical humor. When it's being a generally goofy parody I think it holds up as one of the best abridged series I've watched.
Unfortunately it started falling off VERY quickly with the inclusion of more edgy and/or meanspirited comedy than what's usually expected from these types of series, and as a result it became very difficult to watch over time.
Ash became an insufferably punchable character who never got any comeuppance for his awful behavior, Misty turned into a punching bag who (most of the time) never deserved any of the treatment she got from the others, characters like Brock and Officer Jenny steadily became flanderized into genuinely creepy, charmless predators, and of course any edgy humor that went too far very quickly became dated products of their time that did not age very well.
I still hold that there are some great episodes from this series, but overall it's not a show I would ever recommend.
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Pokemon Bridged was probably one of the quickest abridged series I'd ever picked up on, and I really enjoyed it for its fluent voice acting and hysterical nonsensical humor. When it's being a generally goofy parody I think it holds up as one of the best abridged series I've watched.
Unfortunately it started falling off VERY quickly with the inclusion of more edgy and/or meanspirited comedy than what's usually expected from these types of series, and as a result it became very difficult to watch over time.
Ash became an insufferably punchable character who never got any comeuppance for his awful behavior, Misty turned into a punching bag who (most of the time) never deserved any of the treatment she got from the others, characters like Brock and Officer Jenny steadily became flanderized into genuinely creepy, charmless predators, and of course any edgy humor that went too far very quickly became dated products of their time that did not age very well.
I still hold that there are some great episodes from this series, but overall it's not a show I would ever recommend.